Friday

Bates has Orange Whip, while Colby has the Dazzlin’ Asses. To the south are Bowdoin’s Stoned Clowns. In Vermont are the Middlebury Pranksters. So, the names of some nearby Ultimate Frisbee college teams prove that the sport still gets its ya-yas out by flaunting a late-’60s counterculture attitude.

Friday

A year ago, Bates College senior Keelin Godsey set the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships record in the women’s hammer throw, at 195 feet and 4 inches. On Friday at Benedictine University, Godsey’s hammer traveled far beyond that mark all day long, en route to winning a second straight NCAA championship in his best event.

Monday

The Bates College men’s tennis team was selected to participate in the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships for the seventh straight year on Monday, the longest such streak of any athletic program at Bates.

Thursday

Bates College senior Keelin Godsey again proved to be one of the top throwers in the NCAA at any division Thursday at the Penn Relays, finishing second in the hammer throw amongst solely Division I competition.

Friday

Shannon Scales hit back-to-back three-pointers in the final 34 seconds of overtime to lift the Bridgewater College women’s basketball team over Bates College 71-69 in the opening round of the NCAA Division III tournament Friday.

Friday

The Bates College women’s basketball team’s season seemed nearly assured of extending into the second round of the NCAA tournament, but then the Bobcats’ March turned mad. Bridgewater (Va.) College scored nine straight points on a trio of three-pointers at the end of overtime to tip Bates 71-69, ending its season at 19-9.

Wednesday

Bates College head coach Joe Reilly was named Coach of the Year and juniors Zak Ray and Rob Stockwell each made the All-NESCAC Second Team for the second year in a row as postseason honors were announced for men’s basketball Wednesday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.